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MARGARET WARNER (Newshour): Now, the prospects for creating a more robust manufacturing sector in the U.S. It's a theme both President Obama and the Republican candidates are sounding this week as they talk about reviving a stronger economy.
Ray Suarez explores the challenges ahead, beginning with some background.
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RAY SUAREZ (Newshour): The U.S. remains the world's largest manufacturing economy. Roughly 9 percent of the American workforce -- about 12 million Americans -- are employed directly in manufacturing today.
But as jobs have increasingly moved to Asia and elsewhere, the role of manufacturing is down sharply from the industry's heyday. To encourage the opening of new plants, the president is proposing more training, additional education and new tax incentives.
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RAY SUAREZ: A gap in science and engineering is fueling other problems. A new report released by the National Science Board last week showed the U.S. has lost 28 percent of high-tech manufacturing jobs, or nearly 700,000 jobs, since 2000.
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